# Ganespur Village, Kakdwip – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Kakdwip, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Ganespur

Ganespur is a village in Kakdwip sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **32,932 people in 7,237 households**, the 1st largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 32,932people (2011)
- 7,237households
- 85.0%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ganespur

Of every 100 households in Ganespur in 2011, 57 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ganespur · ■ Kakdwip rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****17%**

**39%

Tap water ****8%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****19%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****71%**

**89%

Use banking services ****55%**

**35%

Television ****40%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****17%**

**34%

Own their home ****80%**

**91%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Ganespur?

■ Ganespur · ■ Kakdwip rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.0%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1006**

**976

Working population ****37.0%**

**35.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.0% for men and 79.7% for women. 59% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 892 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 891 (7%) · **■** Household industry 281 (2%) · **■** Other work 7,778 (64%) · **■** Marginal 2,345 (19%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Kakdwip

- Kalinagar28,669 people
- Kakdwip19,368 people
- Akshyanagar18,883 people
- Srinagar10,959 people

[All 39 villages in Kakdwip](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/kakdwip/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ganespur?32,932 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ganespur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Kakdwip sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ganespur?85.0% (Census 2011)